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Holy Cross Catholic School (HCCS) Open HouseSunday, February 7th / 12:30PM - 2:00PMWe invite new families to learn more about Holy Cross School and our focus on a rich Catholic faith life, academic excellence, Christian discipline and a wide range of extracurricular activities in order to develop the God-given gifts and talents of each of our students from Preschool through Eighth Grade. Please come take a tour, visit our classrooms and learn more about our dedicated team of teachers and other pertinent information that will make apparent all we have to offer. HCCS 2010-2011 Enrollment NewsApplications for Holy Cross parishioners who would like to enroll for the 2010-2011 school year will be accepted beginning Monday, February 8th. Open enrollment for all new families begins on Tuesday, February 16th. For more information contact the school office at: 630-593-5290. 2010 Crusade GalaWhen the Barn Sale ended, the Crusade began...
Interested in becoming a part of this event? A Night in the Caribbean
Batavia Brotherhood Banquet41st Annual Batavia Brotherhood Banquet Featuring: Dan Hoefler - "Spiritual Influences in the Life of Abraham Lincoln" Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. Holy Cross Catholic Church - 2300 Main St., Donation $15.00 Tickets available in your Church Office
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Mass / Confession / Community PrayerHoly Cross is blessed with an abundance of times to receive the sacraments throughout the week. In addition the regularly scheduled Mass and Confession Times, there are many times throughout the week and month in which parishioners get together for some community prayer time. All are welcome. [ Click here for daily readings ] [ Click here for audio of the daily readings ]
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Holy Cross Catholic Church + 2300 Main Street + Batavia, IL 60510 + (630) 879-4750
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CANCELLED: Monday, February 8, 2010
Do you know someone who has left the Church? Most of us do not have to look very far to find non practicing Catholics in our circle of family and friends. Many of us are concerned about these loved ones, but we don’t know how to help them. Obviously, most of them are searching, but how can we help them find their way home? As baptized, practicing Catholics, we have a precious gift of faith and love from the Lord that needs to be shared with our non-practicing brothers and sisters. First, we need to pray for them. We need to extend a personal invitation to return. Many mistakenly think they are excommunicated and are not welcome to return for a variety of reasons. Many non-practicing Catholics carry with them a tremendous amount of guilt and misinformation about the Church and are afraid of approaching the Church for fear of being rejected. You can make a tremendous difference in someone’s life simply by reaching out to them to come back home to our Church family. Here at Holy Cross Catholic Church we have a special program to help nonpracticing Catholics return to the Church entitled “Catholics Returning Home.” Please pass this article on to anyone who might be interested.
Quiet time spent with the Lord is the best form of prayer. Msgr. Deutsch recommends that we all make the effort to spend one hour a week in silent prayer before our Lord in Eucharistic Adoration. We need a Eucharistic Adorer for a number of hours on our schedule. A list of times is located on the table by the Adoration Chapel. If you can help, contact Fran at 630-973-9559.
Next weekend is our monthly collection for the Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry and Hesed House. Bring nonperishable food items, paper products and white socks for Hesed House.
Place your old palms in the baskets provided in the narthex by noon on Monday, February 15th. These palms will be burned and the ashes will be used for our Ash Wednesday Masses.
Project Gabriel assists women in a crisis pregnancy through the birth and up to the first birthday of their child's life. Through the parish acting as The Good Samaritan, each mother is assigned 2 Angels to help meet her emotional, spiritual, and material needs. Thank you for supporting our ministry in 2009. As we begin 2010, we currently are serving 5 mothers and their infants.
Help us help the needy in our community. 
